Butter-spade.



R. B. DISBROW.

BUTTER SPADE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 23, 1909.

969,528. Patented'Sept 6, 1910.

PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN B. DISBROW, OF OWATONNA, MINNESOTA.

BUTTER-SPADE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 6, 1910.

Application filed December 23, 1909. Serial No. 534,618.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN B. DIsBRow, a citizen of the United States,residing at Owatonna, in the count-y of Steele and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Butter-Spades; I

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved butter spadeadapted for general use in handling butter, but especially adapted foruse for the purpose of removing butter from combined churns and butterworkers.

To the above ends, the invention consists of the novel construction andarrangement of parts hereinafterdescribed and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, likecharacters inclicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View, showing the improvedspade held in the hand of an operator; and Fig. 2 is a section taken onthe line {1: m of Fig. l.

The entire spade, preferably, is made from a single piece of hardwoodand its blade 1 is tapered to quite a sharp edge, while the other orhandle end of the spade is cut to form a hand hole 2, a finger passage3, a gripping bar 4 between the said hand hole 2 and finger passage 3,and a bail-like arm engaging portion 5 immediately surrounding the saidhand hole 2.

The manner of holding the improved spade is shown in Fig. 1, byreference to which it will be seen that the gripping bar at is grippedby the hand which is passed through or into the hand hole 2 and that thebail-like portion 5 then rests against the arm, so that it affords goodleverage in which to cut and lift the butter. When the spade is held inthe hand and the hand is reached into a churn, the wrist will naturallybe bent sidewise, and it is important to here note that the bail 5 isbent or offset slightly in the plane of the said spade, so as to makethe bail better fit the hand and arm when thus used. It is alsoimportant to note that the blade of the spade is beveled equally on bothsides, or, in other words, that the entire spade is bi-symmetrical inrespect to a plane centrally intersecting the same fiatwise, so that thespade may be used equally well either in the right or the left hand.Butter spades of this character are adapted to be used either singly,that is, in one hand only, or they may be used one in each hand, forcertain kinds of work.

The improved spade, while extremely simple, has, in actual practice,been found highly efficient for the purposes had in view.

What I claim is:

l. A spade having a blade, a hand hole, a finger passage, a gripping barbetween said hand hole and finger passage, and an arm engaging bailembracing said hand hole, substantially as described.

2. A spade comprising a blade, a hand a gripping bar behole, a fingerpassage, tween said hand hole and finger passage, ball embracing saldand an arm engaging hand hole, the said bail being offset or bent in theplane of the spade, substantially as described.

3. A spade having a blade, 2. hand hole, a finger passage, a grippingbar between said hand hole and finger passage, and an arm engaging bailembracing said hand hole, the said blade being beveled equally on bothfaces whereby the latter is made bi-symmetrical and adapted for useeither in the right or the left hand, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

REUBEN B. DISBROWV.

W'itnesses:

ALICE V. SWANSON, HARRY D. KILGORE.

